This model year has 836 processed complaint reports; POWER TRAIN is the most frequently classified system at 26.8% of reports.
Federal telemetry verified ● Model-year dossier
2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500
Complaint-pattern analysis from publicly available NHTSA safety records.
1.0Reliability score / 10
System health index
Reliability telemetry
A normalized signal from documented incident volume and NHTSA crash or fire report flags.
Documented incidents836
Reports with crash / fire flags64
Flagged-report share7.66%
Primary reported systemPOWER TRAIN
Crash and fire flags identify how a complaint was recorded by NHTSA. They do not establish that a reported component caused the event.
Data-based buyer guidance
Research carefully
Review the underlying reports, recall status, and service history before making a vehicle-specific decision.
Available adjacent years span 519–836 reports. This year has more reports than 2016 and 2018.
Before you buy
- Check open recalls using the vehicle identification number (VIN).
- Review the linked NHTSA reports for symptoms that match the vehicle you are considering.
- Ask for maintenance records and arrange an independent pre-purchase inspection.
This is a statistical research aid, not a mechanical diagnosis, failure prediction, or recommendation to buy or avoid a vehicle.
Component analysis
Most frequently reported systems.
POWER TRAIN224 documented reports
26.8%SERVICE BRAKES221 documented reports
26.4%ELECTRICAL SYSTEM133 documented reports
15.9%ENGINE130 documented reports
15.6%OTHER / UNSPECIFIED88 documented reports
10.5%STEERING66 documented reports
7.9%AIR BAGS35 documented reports
4.2%FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM34 documented reports
4.1%STRUCTURE26 documented reports
3.1%VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL21 documented reports
2.5%Show all 29 reported components
EXTERIOR LIGHTING20 documented reports
2.4%SUSPENSION18 documented reports
2.2%VISIBILITY/WIPER17 documented reports
2.0%HYDRAULIC16 documented reports
1.9%SEAT BELTS15 documented reports
1.8%ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)14 documented reports
1.7%WHEELS12 documented reports
1.4%FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE9 documented reports
1.1%VISIBILITY7 documented reports
0.8%FUEL SYSTEM4 documented reports
0.5%GASOLINE4 documented reports
0.5%TIRES4 documented reports
0.5%ENGINE / ENGINE COOLING3 documented reports
0.4%SEATS3 documented reports
0.4%BACK OVER PREVENTION2 documented reports
0.2%EQUIPMENT2 documented reports
0.2%LANE DEPARTURE1 documented reports
0.1%LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES1 documented reports
0.1%PARKING BRAKE1 documented reports
0.1%What the data says
POWER TRAIN is the most frequently classified component, appearing in 26.8% of complaint reports in this dataset. This 2017 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 has 836 complaint reports in the records we have processed. One report can be classified under more than one component, so component shares do not add up to 100%.
Compare model years
These nearby model years have 2016: 798 reports · 2018: 519 reports. Complaint totals are not failure rates and should be read with vehicle age, sales volume, and reporting patterns in mind.